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The book of hours

The book of hours. Making your own personal guidebook. Books of hours. These are small portable books from the Middle Ages. The book’s purpose was to aid individuals to incorporate monastic practices into their daily lives

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The book of hours

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  1. The book of hours Making your own personal guidebook

  2. Books of hours • These are small portable books from the Middle Ages. • The book’s purpose was to aid individuals to incorporate monastic practices into their daily lives • Examples of this would be certain prayers to say at certain times of the day • They followed a similar format, but deviated based on the wealth of the owner, the geographic region in which it was created, time period, and personal preferences • They were originally produced by the monastic orders within churches, but eventually were produced commercially by “lay” scribes • They ranged from being commissioned pieces of artwork for royalty or the very wealthy and produced by the greatest painters of the time, to mass produced books bought in bookshops for the common population • They were extremely popular; there are still tens of thousands in existence

  3. The format • Books of Hours always begin with a calendar listing celebrations • Each month was given two pages • Served as a reminder for celebrations occurring that month • Illustrated with seasonal pictures of what labors occupied the month (harvesting, planting, etc) and a corresponding zodiac sign

  4. Related traditions • Jewish: siddur • Persian miniatures: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_miniature • China: Buddhist text diamond sutra: earliest extant printed book ever: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_books year 868 • Earliest western use of printing press: playing cards: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing • Fulu(Chinese: 符籙) is a term for Daoist practitioners in the past who could draw and write supernatural talismans

  5. Your challenge • Create your own book of collected wisdom and using your own original artwork to serve as your guidebook in the years ahead

  6. You can collect wisdom from favorite quotes, song lyrics, influential individuals in your life, etc • Accompanying images should be your own artwork

  7. Criteria • Portable • Have compositional unity; consider a consistent color palette? • Should demonstrate a variety of art media used (pen and ink, watercolor, photography, typography, etc)

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